The Cost of Universal Basic Income is the Net Transfer Amount, Not the Gross Price Tag
Why every estimate of UBI that simply multiplies the number of recipients by the amount received is simply wrong| UBI Guide
Why every estimate of UBI that simply multiplies the number of recipients by the amount received is simply wrong| UBI Guide
A piece of UBI history from 1972| UBI Guide
An article to better inform the discussion of the results of the OpenResearch unconditional basic income pilot experiment The results of one of the biggest basic income experiments ever came out in July 2024, and as usual, the nuances of the findings are lost among the voices of those loudly| UBI Guide
Universal Basic Income 101: A UBI FAQ| UBI Guide
I've written about this before, about how the cost of universal basic income is its net cost, not its gross cost, but because this question of the cost of UBI is so frequently raised, and so frequently misunderstood, I'm going to attempt to explain this in an alternative way in| UBI Guide
I'm excited to share that I'm now the Founder and President of the Income To Support All Foundation, a new non-profit whose purpose is to accelerate the implementation of unconditional universal basic income by just doing it and by telling the stories of those whose lives have been transformed by| UBI Guide
If we know UBI will reduce the odds of someone pushing the Big Red button, then for the sake of all human civilization, implement UBI immediately| UBI Guide
AI impacts jobs but won't erase all; universal basic income can help navigate disruptions in the economy.| UBI Guide
Between 2017 and 2019, in the city of Barcelona, an experiment in the provision of monthly cash happened. It was called B-MINCOME. The original intent of the experiment was to test unconditional basic income to gather evidence for a nationwide universal basic income, but the pilot was put through the| UBI Guide
Note: You can also listen to this post thanks to an AI I trained with my voice Most of you have by now heard of ChatGPT already, but if you haven't, first I'm happy to hear you're out of your coma, and second, it's what's called a "generative artificial intelligence"| UBI Guide
If there's one thing most people don't seem to understand about how money works that I think would really help governments work better in the 21st century, it's that money does not flow in the way we perceive it does. It's an illusion. What money actually does is pop into| UBI Guide
Anyone who supports the FairTax and its monthly 'prebate' also supports UBI even if they swear otherwise Basic income. $279 every month. Tax free money from the government. No work requirements. No income-testing. For every legal resident of the United States, every month, with additional income for kids depending on| UBI Guide
There is an argument frequently made against the concept of unconditional basic income (UBI) that essentially goes like this: "Life requires work. You can't just expect to live without work, and it's wrong for someone to live off the work of others. So UBI has no moral justification." This argument| UBI Guide
